| molecular detection of babesia spp. and other haemoparasitic infections of cattle in maputo province, mozambique. | molecular detection of babesia species in apparently healthy cattle within an endemic region was carried out in order to determine the prevalence of carriers and the geographical distribution of babesia bigemina and babesia bovis in maputo province, mozambique. samples from 477 animals at 5 localities were analysed using 2 techniques, the semi-nested hot-start pcr and the reverse line blot (rlb) assay. with the semi-nested hot-start pcr, detection of b. bigemina ranged between 30% and 89%, and o ... | 2010 | 20128941 |
| detection of bovine babesiosis in mozambique by a novel seminested hot-start pcr method. | babesiosis is a tick borne disease (tbd) caused by parasites of the genus babesia, with considerable worldwide economic, medical, and veterinary impact. bovine babesiosis and other tbds were considered responsible for 50% of the deaths of cattle that occurred in mozambique in the first year after importation from neighbouring countries. here, we present the detection of babesia bigemina and babesia bovis in cattle from mozambique using two distinct pcr methods. for this study, blood samples were ... | 2008 | 18329810 |